Posts by John Papadopoulos:

First episode for Elea, dystopian first person sci-fi adventure, available on Steam Early Access

Posted on: 24 Apr 2018

SOEDESCO has announced that the first episode for its dystopian first person sci-fi adventure game, Elea, is now available on Steam Early Access. In order to celebrate this announcement, SOEDESCO released some new screenshots and a trailer that you can view below.

Sea of Thieves Update 1.05 is now available, full release notes revealed

Posted on: 24 Apr 2018

Microsoft and Rare have released a brand new update for Sea of Thieves. According to the release notes, this latest patch comes with various UI improvements, resolves issues where Skeleton Fort or Bounty Quest Skeletons failed to spawn correctly, as well as an issue that could cause ships to ping up into the sky when … Continue reading Sea of Thieves Update 1.05 is now available, full release notes revealed →

Blizzard brings paid premium mods/maps to StarCraft 2 Arcade

Posted on: 24 Apr 2018

Blizzard has announced that with the release of the StarCraft II patch 4.3.0, it will bring paid premium maps to StarCraft 2 Arcade. As the team noted, these two high-quality premium Arcade maps promise to offer different kinds of experiences and when you purchase them, a share of the sales will go directly to the … Continue reading Blizzard brings paid premium mods/maps to StarCraft 2 Arcade →

New screenshots released for DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Posted on: 24 Apr 2018

Square Enix has released three new screenshots for DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age tells a captivating tale of a hunted hero and is the long-awaited role-playing game from series creator Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and series composer Koichi Sugiyama.

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia gets a new cinematic trailer

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

SEGA and Creative Assembly have released a brand new cinematic trailer for Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia. As the press release reads, the next release from the multi-award-winning Total War strategy series takes England and the British Isles as its setting, during a time of great change that would come to define it.

Overload, six-degree-of-freedom tunnel shooter from the creators of Descent, releases on May 31st

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

Revival Productions announced that Overload, the new six-degree-of-freedom tunnel shooter from the original creators of the critically-acclaimed 90s classic Descent, will be available for PC (Windows, Mac, & Linux) beginning May 31st for $34.99.

Kickstarter launched for Solar Warden; space combat game from Star Citizen’s ex-lead technical designer

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

Polar Zenith has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming six-degrees-of-freedom space combat game, Solar Warden. Solar Warden is being created by the former lead technical designer of Star Citizen and promises to feature an overarching campaign with real-time strategy elements.

Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

D3 Publisher has announced that its Earth Defense Force 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR 3D top-down shoot ’em up spinoff, Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter, is coming to Steam on April 26th. In it, players will step into the shoes of a soldier in Pale Team, an elite branch of the EDF’s … Continue reading Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th →

Metro Exodus – Raytracing versus Rasterization comparison video (off-screen)

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

Last month, 4A Games announced that Metro Exodus will support real-time raytracing thanks to NVIDIA’s RTX. 4A Games will be using true raytracing to render both Ambient Occlusion and Indirect Lighting in full real-time, and the off-screen video below – courtesy of PCGamesHardware – showcases the benefits of it.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA – First beta patch available, contains shader optimizations

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

NIS America and Nihon Falcom have released the first beta patch for the PC version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA. As the companies noted, this is a preview of the fixes that the developers are working on, and is not as stable as the default branch (meaning that players may experience some crashes).